Wooden toys have earned something of a lopsided reputation. Conventional wisdom holds that adults adore them for their timeless appeal, but children, if given a choice, will gravitate to the plastic ...

Get ready for Ollies Blocks. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Haran and Carissa Wolfovitz Yaffe, the Schenectady couple seeking $100,000 through the crowdfunding website Kickstarter to ...

You think Santa’s busy? Meet Jim and Teresa England, who coax trains, trucks, and airplanes out of blocks of wood. [D]eep in the woods of Dedham, about 15 miles south of Bangor, Jim and Teresa England ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Leslie Scott was fiddling with her kid brother’s wooden toy blocks one day when she began stacking one on top of another. With no purpose in mind, the 17-year-old, who was living in Ghana at the time, ...

Toys are big business; from births and birthdays to seasonal holidays such as Christmas, Kwanza and Hanukkah, children receive a wide variety of toys. If you're crafty with wood and have a passion for ...